Warren Buffett had just taken control of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a textile maker he would build into one of the...
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Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes fell to $13.8 billion in first-quarter 2014 from $14.3 billion in first-quarter...
Six insurance companies are suing an asbestos personal injury trust set up by a U.S. unit of Philips that the...
Progressive Corp. boosted its advertising spending by nearly $70 million year over year to $595.4 million in 2013, the largest...
American International Group Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. told regulators they could divest units and halt policy sales to avoid...
Hurricane Arthur gained strength as it bore down on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where some residents and visitors were ordered...
Private sector trade finance has not fully recovered from its financial-crisis collapse, and it is not clear it could fill...
Health care providers in some states prescribe far more painkillers than those in other states, according to a new government...
Markel Corp. is now underwriting trade credit insurance in its New York office. Policies will be underwritten on an admitted...
Insurance broker Marsh has named Dean Klisura as head of the firm’s newly created Global Placement organization. Klisura will oversee...